Josephine works on pro-poor urban and rural service delivery and water for livelihoods, food security and climate change adaptation.

Josephine Tucker is a Research Fellow in ODI’s Water Policy Programme, working on pro-poor service delivery (urban and rural) and water for livelihoods, food security and climate change adaptation.

Her research areas of interest include:

local water security and resilience to climate variability and change

pro-poor design, targeting and delivery of water and sanitation services

adaptive water resources management

Josephine has extensive experience in East Africa, primarily Ethiopia. She has an academic background in ecology and geography and has worked at ODI for seven years.